With the exception of a few times after Baby got hurt, milking and feeding the goats over the past several months has been a breeze. Baby cooperates, her sister, mom and kid cooperate and everything goes rather smoothly. When we got to the goats yesterday, however, the were riled up! All four were pushing each other around and talking to…
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Our newest set of Newbies has officially been moved into their outdoor brooder and are very happy for it. I think our indoor brooder was getting a little too cramped for them because they have been incredibly busy meeting the neighbors, pecking around, giving themselves dirt baths and exploring their new digs. They have their own water, food and a heat lamp…
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A couple of mornings ago I walked to the coop to give the Ladies some leftovers and noticed, out of the corner of my eye, one of our Ameraucanas on the outside of the coop, right by my feet! Thoroughly confused, I let her into the coop. I couldn’t, for the life of me, figure out how she escaped! Maybe…
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I’ve been kind of out-of-sorts for a couple of weeks now. Full-on sick (kidney infection first, then the flu), as have Tool Lady and Fish Girl (just the flu for them…horrible, no good, very bad, long lasting flu). It’s hard to focus on anything when your body hurts and you can’t breathe. We’re doing better now, though still on the…
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When checking for eggs yesterday, I was greeted by one of our two Black Australorps who was ready to lay. Curious to see what she would do with me watching, I left the door open, stepped back and watched for a minute. After assessing my intentions, she began moving the eggs around in the nesting box with her beak. Apparently,…
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I am incredibly happy to report that our chickens are officially laying again! We hit a dry spell there last fall when several of the ladies were molting…Then, the weather got cold and I think they all went on strike! That is, until last week when they started laying again 🙂 Thank goodness! We’ve been getting 5-7 eggs a day…
